RICARD de MONTFERRAND, Église Cathédrale de SAINT-ISAAC / Description architecturale, pittoresque et historique de ce monument, Saint-Pétersbourg, F. Bellizard et Co, 1845. Large folio: [4],88,[2] pp. First edition illustrated with RICARD de MONTFERRAND, Église Cathédrale de SAINT-ISAAC / Description architecturale, pittoresque et historique de ce monument, Saint-Pétersbourg, F. Bellizard et Co, 1845. Large folio: [4],88,[2] pp. First edition illustrated with 51 plates: a chromolithographic portrait of St Isaac, a dedication ruled with a large chromolithographed border, 49 plates (plans and views of the construction and other details of the cathedral) of which some tinted and 5 in colour, 11 lithogr. endpieces and some illustartions in the text. The French architect Ricard de Montferrand (1786-1858) constructed the Saint Isaacs Cathedral and is also known for the Alexander Column in Saint-Petersburg. Half leather binding, cloth on boards, with gilt lettering on front cover; heavy rubbing and bumping (cloth partly detached at upper part of front cover), spine missing, boards hardly attached. Foxing and slight spotting inside, along with humidity stain at upper right corner affecting almost all pages. Illustrations mainly fresh. Rare.